sort of controlling force, operating with a very real presence alongside pro-russian local units, self-defense units, whatever they may be, people who are wearing a georgian ribbon which is a symbol of russian military valor and who are acting alongside these marked gunmen. these reports that there are 2,000 according to u.s. security officials, russian military operating in crimea, now the ukrainian government says as many as 6,000. it's very hard to give you any kind of confirmation of that on the ground. it is not as though the capital city, simferopol is littered with army troops going around? no. they are in very specific locations. they're acting in a low-key impression and it's impossible to tell you exactly who they are. but it is impossible to believe they are anything other than russian military because of their high level of organization, their efficiency, the weapons that they carry. and it would seem as though behind the scenes, and with the help of those gunmen, vladimir putin is massaging the pro-russian forces in to this country, who are now led by a new leader, who is effectiv